Richmond (http://www.richmond.ca/) is a riverine city to the south of Vancouver in the Lower Mainland. Comprising several islands, the city is protected by a system of dikes from the Fraser River's occasional flooding. Richmond has the country's largest Asian-Canadian population by percentage, many Cantonese speaking.
Richmond is mainly composed of four main islands: Lulu Island Richmond proper, Sea Island Vancouver International Airport (YVR), Mitchell Island industrial and Iona Island parks and city maintenance.
Steveston, historically a fishing village and now a tourist and shopping district, is located at the southwestern tip.
The character of Richmond has changed dramatically over the last 25 years. It was previously primarily a farming community with a large fishing village. It has become a center of new immigrants, mostly from Asia, especially Hong Kong. There are now a number of residential high rise towers and Hong Kong style shopping malls, e.g., Aberdeen.
